Boeing has made several updates over time for its 737 platform, but has chosen to keep the original mechanical flight ...

A newly-released audio recording has revealed the dramatic moment that a United Airlines flight with over 200 people on board ...

While you might think autopilot is sort of like cruise control for cars -- helpful, but limited -- it can actually do some ...

Why can't aircraft controls be wholly automated so as to reduce, or completely do away with the hundreds of buttons in the cockpit? This question was originally answered on Quora by Tom Farrier.

He was a member of the crew of the CHINA CLIPPER on the first transpacific flight from San Francisco to Guam in 1935. He has more than thirty years of experience as an airline pilot and executive.

(NewsNation Now) — American Airlines said a customer entered a plane’s cockpit while it was sitting at a gate in Honduras and damaged some of the pilots’ instruments before being arrested ...

An American Airlines flight preparing to take off from Honduras was grounded Tuesday night after a passenger rushed into the cockpit and damaged some controls, CBS Miami reports. American Airlines ...